1st Grade - More Giotto Inspired Paintings

The 1st Graders use watercolors to create depth in their landscape paintings.

One-Point Perspective Watercolor Paintings - Inspired by Giotto

5th Graders use of One-Point Perspective in their Giotto inspired landscape paintings.

4th Grade - Landscape Watercolor Paintings

4th Graders created depth in their fall landscape paintings by use of color, size and placement of objects.



Pre-K, Giotto, Special Helpers and Sheep

The Pre-K classes were introduced to Giotto, our Artist for the month of October. I read them the following book: 

Pre-K classes were also introduced to two special helpers, my grandmothers, ages 84 & 90, that came to help teach Art that day.

Pre-K classes learning how to draw sheep:

Implementing curves (5 elements of shape) to make sheep and other things:

Giotto and SPACE

In our study of Giotto this month, students have focused on SPACE, one of God's elements of design in creation.  Since we are dealing with a 2-dimensional piece of paper, we need to create the illusion of space (depth) on our paper.

Classes have been learning of some specific ways we can create depth (space) on a flat 2-dimentional piece of paper.  They are:

• Overlapping - when an object(s) are drawn in front or behind other objects.



• Placement and size of the objects drawn.  (Foreground, middle ground and background in a landscape)

• 5th through 8th Grades - 1 & 2 point PERSPECTIVE        

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Artist of the Month - October

Giotto di Bondone

Short Name: Giotto

Date of Birth: 1266

Date of Death: 1337

Focus: Paintings

Mediums: Tempera, Wood

Subjects: Figure, Landscapes, Scenery

Art Movement: Renaissance

Hometown: Florence, Italy 

Blind Contour Drawings

WHAT?

Blind Contour Drawings are drawings done with only looking at the stubject of what the student is drawing.  Students only focus on what they are looking at and not their drawing paper.  These drawings are done using one continuous line (students are discouraged to pick up their pencils) and draw the outline edge of the drawing along with some inside lines as well.

WHY?

So many times kids focus more on their drawing then WHAT their drawing.  

The idea behind this exercise is to teach students to draw actually what they SEE - not what they think they see!

This not only developes cognitive skills but also drawing skills.  *Another purpose is to train your hand to copy your eye's movement thus improving eye-hand coordination.  Also to help develop the right brain muscels to help become more assertive and aware of the observable.

*https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JqkN7b7eOipVsPfw4apaqs6C0CvbtyRodpF6NEGlH14/edit?hl=en_US

HOW?

Students use a paper plate to block their view of their paper and "force" their eyes to only concentrate and focus on the picture their drawing.

Here are a few pictures of Ms. B's Kindergarten class working on their blind contour drawing! 

More pictures coming...